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I Am Sitting In a Room

by Lama Laxative

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I am sitting in a room, different from the one you are in now. I am recording the sound of my speaking voice and I am going to play it back into the room again and again until the resonant frequencies of the room reinforce themselves so that any semblance of my speech, with perhaps the exception of rhythm, is destroyed. What you will hear, then, are the natural resonant frequencies of the room articulated by speech. I regard this activity not so much as a demonstration of a physical fact, but more as a way to smooth out any irregularities my speech might have.
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I am sitting in a room, different from the one you are in now. I am recording the sound of my speaking voice and I am going to play it back into the room again and again until the resonant frequencies of the room reinforce themselves so that any semblance of my speech, with perhaps the exception of rhythm, is destroyed. What you will hear, then, are the natural resonant frequencies of the room articulated by speech. I regard this activity not so much as a demonstration of a physical fact, but more as a way to smooth out any irregularities my speech might have.

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Two performances of an Alvin Lucier piece. One by Lama Laxative (who has a bass/baritone voice) and one by Biffa Uke of Cheeky Monkeys (who has a treble voice, not sure which)

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released May 22, 2011

Lama Laxative
Biffa Uke

Alvin Lucier

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Arrizalako Sorginetxe Trikuharria Edinburgh, UK

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